The Family Garden

Notes

Timothy HANCOCK

"In 1682, there came from Brayles, a small town in the southern part of Warwickshire, a young man named Timothy Hancock, accompanied by his sister, who was about fifteen yers of age.....She was married to the subject of this sketch (William Matlack) the next year. They then removed to a tract of land which he had located between the north and south branch of Penisaukin creek in Chester township, Burlington County. Her brother also located a survey adjoining, and, in 1684, married Rachel Firman......The children of the first settlers (William and Mary)....George, who married Mary Foster and Mary Hancock...."
*Source:  "Sketches of the First Emigrant Settlers in Newton Township, Old Gloucester County, West New Jersey by John Clement of Haddonfield, N.J.", originally published in 1877.
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In 1681 the ship "Paradise" brought a body of colonists, among whom were Timothy Hancock and his sister Mary, from Warwickshire.

Mary married William Matlock, who came in the "Kent." Timothy settled on a tract of 100 acres of land in Burlington County, between the forks of the Pensauken Creek, about two miles from the present town of Moorestown. In 1682, in connection with William Matlock and John Roberts, he bought a piece of land of the Indian chief Tallaca, the original deed to which is still preserved by a descendant of Wm. Matlock:

Know all people that I tallaca have had and Received of & from John Roberts with the consent of the neighborhood at pimsawquin one match coate one Little Runlit of Rum and two bottles of Rum In Consideration whearof I the said taleca doe hearby grant Bargin & sell unto the said John Roberts timothy Hancock and William Matlock all those plantations at pimsawquin promising for Ever to defend the said John Roberts &c from all other Indians Laying any Claime theareto in wittness whearof I the said talleca have hear unto set my hand and seale the twelveth day of April 1684.
"the mark of Z talleca."

Timothy was a young man when he came to New Jersey. Three years later,--November 16, 1684,--he married Rachel Firman, in Evesham monthly meeting. Rachel died before 1690 and Timothy married Susannah Ives.  He was a prominent man in the colony.

The first "Friends meeting" was held at his house and the monthly meetings continued to be held there on alternate "First Days" for several years.  The first burial ground for the community was on his land.

*Source:  "Stratton: A Book of Strattons, by Harriet Russell Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee; 1908, Vol 1, pp. 238-239
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Footnotes on the above from pp. 238-239

No record has been found showing the date of Rachel's death, nor that of Timothy's marriage to Susannah, but the following from the public records as published in Vol. XXI, N. J. Archives, page 479, goes to prove that both occurred prior to May 1, 1690:

"1690, 1st d., 3rd mo.  Deed:  Daniel Mills of Northampton River, Burlington Co., Yeoman to Timothy Hancock on Cropwell Creeek said Co., and wife Susannah, formery Susannah Ives, for 80 acres to be taken up in West Jersey."

And from the same source is a mention of a deed given in 1690, by Walter Humphries of County of Gloucester, England, by his son and attorney, Joshua Humphries, "to Timothy Hancock and his daughter Elizabeth by his former wife Rachel Firman."  Several published works claim that Ann, daughter of Timothy Hancock (wife of Mark Stratton), ws the daughter of his first wife.  The above proves that this is not true, as Ann Hancock was born August 11, 1691.  
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Possible parents of Timothy:
John Hancock, b. 26 Jan 1619, Brailes, Warwickshire, England
                          d. 1668 at Brailes
m. Anne abt 1619
Had Inventory only, no will in 18 Jan 1668/69
Listed in Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quakers Genealogy, Vol 2 PA and NJ  (I haven't verified this).

The following 8 children may be theirs:
Alice
Richard b. 1648
elizabeth b. 1650
Joan
Timothy (our ancestor)
elizabeth b. 14 Jul 1658
Sarah
Mary (the sister who immigrated with Timothy in 1682).
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Possible parents of John Hancock (above):
Richard Hancocke, b. 6 Oct 1596, d. 16 Jun 1661
 (born and died in Brailes, Warwickshire, England)
m. Elizabeth abt 1617 in Brailes
The following 6 children may be theirs:
Joanne
Anna
John (may be our ancestor)
Phillip b. bef 24 Mar 1620/21
Margaret
Nicholas b. bef 5 FEb 1624/25
*Source:  Internet

Rachel FIRMEN

Have seen her last name as Foreman, Firmen, Firman and Sirman.  Not sure which one is correct.  Some records show Rachel as the mother of Ann, but I think there is enough evidence to prove that Susannah Ives, Timothy's second wife was the mother of both Ann and Hannah that married the Strattan brothers.  
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Hancock, Timothy and Rachell Sirman, 1684  Nov. 6, Burlington, NJ
*Source:  Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 22, The Press Printing and Publishing Co, NJ, 1900 (contains marriage records in NJ).

Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey
Marriage Licenses. The Marriage Ceremony, Males. H, Divorces By the Court of Chancery.
page 172
Hancock, Timothy, Burlington, and Rachell Sirman 1684 Nov. 6

Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey
Marriage Licenses. The Marriage Ceremony, Females. S
Divorces By the Court of Chancery.
page 375
Sirman, Rachell, and Timothy Hancock, Burlington 1684 Nov. 6
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" 6th day "Nineth Moneth" 1684. Susannah Prickett was one of several witnesses to the m of Timothy Hancock to Rachell Sirman in Burlington County NJ before Daniell Wills, Justice. Other witnesses were;
Tho. Harding, John Paine, Benjamin Moore, John Woolman, Henry Ballinger, Anne Burton, Mary Wills, Sarah Paine, Enoch Coore, and severall others" (Stilwell, 2, 1906/1970, 36) All were probably Quakers.
*Source:  ELLIS ANCESTORS by Boles, p.309
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Elizabeth HANCOCK

See notes for her father.

Emanuel STRATTAN

EMANUEL STRATTON married Hannah Hancock, November 6, 1713. She was a daughter of Timothy and Susannah (Ives) Hancock and was born June 25, 1695. Her home was in Chester Township, Burlington County, and this marriage is recorded on the minutes of the Haddonfield monthly meeting.  At this time Emanuel was "of Gloucester County." December 28, 1717, he purchased from Timothy Wilkins, 117 acres of land in Evesham Township in Burlington County. September 24, 1719, he bought two acres, seven perches of land of William Sharp, and in May, 1723, he bought of his brother, Mark Stratton, land in Evesham....
Emanuel Stratton made his will April 5, 1725, and died before the seventeenth of the following June. He was probably a comparatively young man at the time of his death. His will is recorded at Trenton, Liber 2, folio 309. His brother Mark, whom he made his executor, outlived him thirty-one years.
*Source:  "Stratton: A Book of Strattons, by Harriet Russell Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee; 1908, Vol 1, p. 241

Note, his name is spelled Manuel Stratton in his will.

Also, see notes for his father, William Strattan and brother, Mark Strattan.

William STRATTAN

Note, William is the father of Mark and Emanuel by TRADITION only.  I am unaware of any factual documentation that proves this relationship.
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In the autumn of 1713 two daughters of Timothy Hancock married Strattons. These two young men, Emanuel Stratton and Mark Stratton, were brothers. The records of their marriages give no clew to their parentage or former residence. In each case the record simply says, "he being a single man." From this date much is known of them. More than a thousand of their descendants have been satisfactorily traced.
*Source:  "Stratton: A Book of Strattons, by Harriet Russell Stratton, Chattanooga, Tennessee; 1908, Vol 1, p. 239
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"Emanuel Stratton of Gloucester County, New Jersey, yeoman, a native of Long Island and a member of the Society of Friends is said to have descended from a William Stratton, of Stratford, England, four of whose sons emigrated to America. Emanuel died in 1725 appointing his 'lone brother,' Mark Stratton of Evesham, executor of his will."

This is the belief of many branches of his descendants, founded, as far as the writer has been able to learn, upon tradition only. By a careful study of the original will at Trenton, the word which Cregar supposed to be "lone" proves to be "lovin" as published in Vol. XXI, N. J. Archives, page 479, goes to prove that both occurred prior to May 1, 1690:

"1690, 1st d., 3rd mo. Deed: Daniel Mills of Northampton River, Burlington Co., Yeoman to Timothy Hancock on Cropwell Creek said Co., and wife Susannah, formerly Susannah Ives, for 80 acres to be taken up in West Jersey." And from the same source is a mention of a deed given in 1690, by Walter Humphries of County of Gloucester, England, by his son and attorney, Joshua Humphries, "to Timothy Hancock and his daughter Elizabeth by his former wife Rachel Firman." Several published works claim that Ann, daughter of Timothy Hancock (wife of Mark Stratton), was the daughter of his first wife. The above proves that this is not true, as Ann Hancock was born August 11, 1691.
*Source:  "Ancestry of Haines, Sharp, Collins, Wills, Gardiner, Prickett, Eves, Evans, Moore, Troth, Borton and Engle Families"
Author: compiled by Richard Haines
Publication: Medford, NJ 1902

John BROWNE

He resided at Bedforshire and Northamptonshire, England.  *Source:  Internet

William BROWNE

He resided at Puddington, Bedfordshire and Luton, Bedforshire, England.  *Source:  Internet

George WHEELER

GEORGE WHEELER (1605-1687)
George Wheeler arrived in Massachusetts about 1638 with his wife, Catherine, two sons (William and Thomas), and daughter Elizabeth.  He may have been accompanied by some of his siblings; in any event, his brothers Timothy and Joseph, his sister Susannah with her husband Obadiah Wheeler, and his nephew (Capt.) Thomas all died in Concord, Massachusetts; his brother Ephraim was also in Connecticut by 1641.  

George Wheeler was a prominent citizen of Concord and owned a fair amount of property, some jointly with his brother Timothy.  In addition to the home lot, his estate included about 70 acres of meadow, woodland and pasture in Concord, 40 acres north of Waldon Pond, and small parcels at Fairehaven, Mount Tabor, Flint's Pond and Watertown.  He was predeceased by his wife, his eldest son William, and his daughter Mary.  His sons Thomas and John were the executors of his will.
*Source:  http://members.fortunecity.com/johnsongenealogy/id490.htm
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Will of George Wheeler 1684

"I George Wheeler Senir in the Town of Concord in the County of Middlesex in the Massachusetts Colony in new england being in a confident measure of memory & understanding; praised be God: doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner and forme as followeth: First: My soul I commite to God yt gave it me believing in the Lord Jesus Christ my onely Lord & Savior who will raise my body att the last & great day to life eternall: & my body to decent buryall: first: I will yt my due debts be honebly paid & funnerall charges satisfied: for my temprall estate as followeth: first I will that my whole estate shall stande engaged & be responseable for my comfortable maintenance in all respects during the term of my life: & as to my funnerall charges to be borne by my whole estate also the charges of execution & all court confirmation and enroulment be borne by my whole estate: I will to my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler my mansion dwelling house barns cow houses & orchards with yt part of the home lot joyning to said house and orchards down to the cross fence yt stood cross ye sd lot in equall riht of prpriety the lower part of sd lot down to John Scorthford house I give to my son Thomas & yt part of my lot lying between Joshua Wheller & John Scorthford I give to my son John: I give to my two sons Thomas & John my six acers bought of Gershon Bulkeley lying over the hills equally in right: also I give to my sons Thomas & John my twenty eight acers of woodland lying in the north quarter over the river equall in right: also I give to the children of my son William, deceased as a legacy out of my estate the sume of sixty six pounds seven shillings to be paid to them by the executors of this my will in equall right of propriety onely my will is yt my medow at brooke medow on both sides of the brook excepting yt pt I give to my son Thomas as also my one acer in ash swamp at Fairehaven: be by the executors of this my will be dispossed of to my son Williams children & to be as pte of ye above sd legacy: also the two acers & a halfe of a medow on the northwest side of the brake at brooke medow joyning to my son Williams pastor it is not my said son Williams but I will it to my executors to administer upon it as my estate: I give to my son Thomas my piece of medow at Brooke medow joyning to John Wheeler medow lying on the northwest side of the brooke three acers more or less: I give to my two sones Thomas & John my medow in ye medow called the great medow with my pte of the post in equall right: I give to my son John my fourteen acers at the south field on the east side of the Country way againt Compe's house also two acers in muddy medow swamp: I give to my sons Thomas & John my fourty four acers lying north of Waldon Pond in equall right: I give to my son Thomas my fourteen acers lying on the southeast of the south river joyning to Nathaniel & John Billings I give to my son John my six acers joyning to Daniel Dane southeast from mount Taber: I give to my Sones Thomas & John my eight acers joyning to Mr. Flints pond lying by the east quarter lyne in equall right: I give to my son John my four acers in John Mills pastor joyning to the south river: also I give to my two sons Thomas & John out of my moveable estate five pounds a peice: I give to my son Thomas ten pounds out of my moveable estate in consideration he is short of his brothers in receit of parts (msg) give to my daughter ffoxes children six pounds equall amongst them: I give to my four daughters Elizabeth Fletcher, Sarah Dudly, Ruth Hartwell & Hanah Fletcher the sume of fifteen pounds apiece in good & currant Countery pay to be paid to them in Concord currant price: allso I will & reserve to my selfe during my life a comfortable maintenance in all respects & ye Charge of my maintenance upon my estate viz begine in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & two on to the day of my Death: which said Charge is to come out & be leavied upon my estate I meane this my estate in ths my will given & legacyes bequeathed: & my will is yt when that all Charges concerning my maintenance & decent buryall & otherwise be satisfied: yt then each legacye & estate given doe then abate their due & true & just proportion: what ye executors of this my will shall bring in account truly due all & each of my children sons & duaghters resting contented withtheir due part of my estate in this my will given be it more or less ye whole ore but part here given: for I know not the day of my death & so not what my comfortable maintenance may spend: I give to my sons Thomas & John my seven acers lying in ye corner nere Watertown lyne also my will is that no legacy shall be required untill two years after my death: these lands I give two sons Thomas & John their heirs & assigns be it more or less also I will constitute & make my two sons Thomas Wheeler & John Wheeler the executors of this my will & equally to pay all legacys each his equall p portion: This I George Wheeler Senir make this my laste will all my former Wills to be anullity and voide. Witness my hand & seal this twenty eight day of Jenuary in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & four. George Wheeler (Seal) His x mark Signed & sealed in pr senc of Samuel Meriam Jonathan Hubard John Schorthford By his Excellency the Governor
The herunder written Samuel Meriam and Jonathan Hubard witnesses to this will personally came & appeared before me & made oath on the holy Evangelist that they saw the above written George Wheeler signe seale & declare this to be his last will & testament.
Sworne ye second day of July 1687 before me E. Andros John West, D Secry."

*Source: History of the Wheeler Family in America, 1914, Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., p 17-19

Thomas HALSEY

NOT PROVEN.  Here as a potential for my research.

Phebe BARRETT

NOT PROVEN....here for research.